Understanding Your Rights When it Comes to Private Medical Records

What Laws Protect Your Medical Privacy? There’s a wide range of laws and regulations surrounding your private medical records. As a result, it can feel impossible to understand every protection you have. It’s important to familiarize yourself with laws related to medical privacy. In response, you can be aware of and make decisions accordingly. A … Read more

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The real cost of using your insurance to pay for drug rehab

Will I Get A Large Bill When Rehab Ends? In other words, what does drug rehab cost? Or, more specifically, what is my cost going to be? When I started looking for a treatment center for my drug-addicted son, who was, I saw some enticing ads. Some of them offered up promises like “up to 100% … Read more

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How Can Prescription Drug Misuse Be Prevented?

The Backstory on Prescription Meds Taking pills is something millions of people do daily. Many people take prescriptions to help them manage certain health conditions. The number of daily pills is probably substantial if you are a senior citizen. Getting a great deal on prescription drugs for seniors will require top-notch health insurance. With the … Read more

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What are the effects of exercise on recovery and rehab?

For any individual undergoing recovery or rehab, early gains are the most important thing. Early improvements in mood sleep patterns and stress management can help the person gain confidence in the rehab process and their own ability to complete the process successfully to overcome their addiction. In addition to the regular medical aspects of the … Read more

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Understanding the link between addiction and sleep

What’s the connection between substance abuse and a good nights rest? Addiction spreads its effects to all aspects of life, and sleep is no exception. However, the relationship between the two, addiction and sleep, can be complicated. Sometimes addiction-related sleep issues last months or even years. However, sleep can be influenced by behaviors, which means … Read more

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How to Know That Someone Is Suffering from Addiction?

Addiction is very complicated Humans are designed as a moderate life form. They are easily hooked on activities or substances that they sub-consciously think is helping them but in fact, it will be damaging their physical and mental health. This addiction on anything is harmful and can lead to dire consequences and the worst of … Read more

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Rehab Success Rates: Does Rehab Really Work?

Everyone Wants to Know if Rehab Works In the United States, 1 in every 7 people will be faced with an addiction of some kind. If that is not frightening enough, the Surgeon General of the United States says, less than 10% of people who have fallen prey to addiction will seek treatment. We can … Read more

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10 smart and candid answers to addiction questions

Addiction Questions and Answers Drug and alcohol abuse are chronic diseases that rip through families. Addiction takes down everything in its path. Once in a while, I will talk to someone, who insists that their substance abuse is not hurting anyone. This is because they isolate while under the influence. This is a myth. At the … Read more

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Find a Treatment Center Near Me

How to Search the web for a drug or alcohol treatment center near me or you “Find a treatment center near me” is one of the most searched terms on the internet. Unfortunately, be careful what you search for. Just because you searched using the search term “find a drug or alcohol treatment center near … Read more

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What My Life Looks Like In Active Addiction

Utterly defeated by my addiction to alcohol, I surrendered and admitted myself into detox. My journey in recovery all started at a treatment center where I was assigned an amazing therapist. Based on our initial therapy session he developed an individualized treatment plan. He listed out my objectives, which involved numerous writing assignments and participation … Read more